Anchor Charts. Free Lapbooks and Free Templates, Foldables, Printables, Make Your Own Lapbook. Biography Scrapbook Project. Scraps of History. My class just finished their Biography Book projects on Friday.
They had to create a scrapbook page of a famous person in history. They decorated the front and back of a 12 x 12 black piece of paper. Here is a close up of a letter written as Harriet Tubman. They had to include: Name, date of birth and death if available4 photos from computer or drawn3 items/memorabilia a letter or diary entry written from the person's point of view. Are We Really Still Assigning Book Reports? 20 Ways to Encourage Students to Interact with Texts. Traditional book reports should be a thing of the past.
I mean, do you really want to read 30-125 recaps of the same book? (YAWN!) Well, guess what, your students don't want to write them either.